SCRUTINY | Letters from Munich: Lohengrin
By Joseph So on July 4, 2016
Bayerische Staatsoper's Lohengrin, an unalloyed delight.
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By Joseph So on July 4, 2016
Bayerische Staatsoper's Lohengrin, an unalloyed delight.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on July 4, 2016
Paul Robinson reviews two new CDs devoted to transcriptions by the great conductor, Leopold Stokowski.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on July 3, 2016
Bayerische Staatsoper's summer production of Puccini's Tosca: a Greek, a German, a Welshman, with a Russian at the helm, and not an Italian in sight.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on June 30, 2016
To help celebrate summer, we're giving away two tickets to see an exclusive advanced screening of The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble by acclaimed director Morgan Neville. Enter now!
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on June 28, 2016
The Bells of Baddeck: Soprano/Voice Teacher/Librettist/Producer Lorna Macdonald talks about her labour of love.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on June 28, 2016
It was a night of celebration at the 37th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards at Toronto's Harbour Front Centre, with the Canadian Opera Company taking home eight of the ten statues up for grabs in the Opera division.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on June 27, 2016
Orchestra gathers in London’s Trafalgar Square outside of St Martin-in-the-Fields to express their grief surrounding the controversial and historic vote to leave the EU.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on June 27, 2016
After thirteen years at the helm of the Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle and his orchestra have produced their own Beethoven cycle. Extras include a video introduction with Sir Simon Rattle and a documentary about the making of the recordings with many interviews and glimpses behind-the-scenes.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on June 27, 2016
The Pencil Salesman, albeit a bit of a work in progress, is a welcome addition to the Canadian canon of contemporary music drama.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on June 24, 2016
Rufus Wainwright resurrects Judy Garland in a farewell Toronto performance at the Luminato Festival.
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